Criminal fines levied against corporations have been a means of holding them accountable for their wrongdoings, whether it be for fraud, environmental violations, or other illegal activities… Read More

Hyundai and Kia have finally announced their plans to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) ports for their electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, joining the swells… Read More

Volvo’s last diesel car will roll off the line “by early 2024,” the company said on Tuesday.The writing’s been on the wall for several years. As far back as 2017, the… Read More

The 2015 “Dieselgate” scandal rocked the automotive world and highlighted how much the industry's foundations rest on petrol and internal combustion engines (ICEs.) What Is &ldqu… Read More

Her austerity moves after the Great Recession, even years after, even to the point of nearly tanking all the PIIGS, and definitely tanking Greece, have been assessed and reassesed plenty.No… Read More

Empowering Green Transportation Grants for Extending Electric Vehicle Charging Networks While the demand for EV charging stations is increasing, many regions still lack the necessary infra… Read More

The push for Net Zero continues unabated in the UK. Last Friday, I wrote about Sir John Evelyn’s weather-oriented diaries of the 17th century, in which he foresaw the end of the world… Read More

A reminder of how careful entrepreneurs and business people must be when dealing with regulations and the law came this week with a heavy fine and suspended sentence for a former Audi boss… Read More

Every Business Has Ethical Responsibility  Abstract Many large corporations have added ethical framework to their business processes as these organizations have realised that in l… Read More

Earlier this week the Society of Automotive Engineers, a U.S.-based standards organization, announced plans to support Tesla's EV "North American Charging Standard" (or NCAS). The Verge repo… Read More

Euro 7 emissions standard to cost many times EC forecasts -industry group By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – Proposed Euro 7 emissions regulations will lead to direct costs for auto manu… Read More

Quadrise Plc (LSE:QED) recently surprised investors with its share price jumping over 40% in June 2023 following its early trial results of using crude sugar oil (CSO) in its bioMSAR alterna… Read More

Consumer scandals are, unfortunately, all too common. From faulty products to deceptive advertising, businesses sometimes prioritise profits over the well-being of their customers. If you be… Read More

UK law firm Harcus Parker has launched a class action against payments giants Visa and Mastercard. The class action seeks to recover millions of pounds in damages for UK businesses. Tha… Read More

“This decision by the European Court of Justice will lead to more class action lawsuits against diesel manufacturers,” say consumer advocates Peter Colpa. The European Court of… Read More

Nearly eight years after the start of Dieselgate, one of the highest-ranking executives implicated in the scandal is set to plead guilty. The New York Times reports former Audi CEO Rupert St… Read More

Why aren’t there more battery electric cars on the road today? As with anything in technology, there are a number of financial, regulatory and technological barriers that need to be o… Read More

Thirteen million diesel cars producing "extreme" levels of toxic air pollution are still on the roads in Europe and the UK, according to a report, seven years after the Dieselgate scandal fi… Read More

Platinum is up there close to silver for its propensity to disappoint. It has been wretched.  Yet last week the World Platinum Investment Council published its Platinum Quarterly (fo… Read More

For many people worldwide, the air they breathe is a silent killer. Air pollution is a long-standing environmental issue that deteriorates human health and the environment. In this article… Read More

As expected, Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge and Jeep, has pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy charges related to its efforts to conceal the amount of pollution produced by its die… Read More

In 2019, over nine million deaths across the world were caused by pollution. This figure has remained the same since 2015. The Lancet Planetary Health published a study in May this year that… Read More

While world leaders convene in Egypt for Cop 27 to discuss progress on The Paris Agreement, the legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted in 2016, it is easy to think t… Read More

The world’s fifth-largest automaker will reportedly soon plead guilty to end a multi-year investigation into its efforts to conceal the amount of pollution created by its diesel engine… Read More